THE MEGAMIND QUIZ 2013-14

1)1 mark for every right answers2)No negatives3)Funny answers are welcome

1)

His daughter’s name is India.

2)WHAT IS THE SPECIALITY OF THE ROLEX TIMEKEEPER PRESENT IN THE CENTRE COURT OF WIMBLEDON?

It is the only Rolex digital watch in the world other Rolex watches are all analog.

3)X" WAS ORGANISED IN 1903 BY A MAGAZINE

LA-AUTO TO INCREASE ITS PAPER SALES. IT IS CURRENTLY RUN BY THE AMAURY SPORT ORGANISATION. "X" HAS BEEN HELD

ANNUALLY SINCE ITS FIRST EDITION IN 1903 EXCEPT

FOR WHEN IT WAS STOPPED FOR THE TWO

WORLD WARS NOW, "X" IS ONE OF THE MOST

POPULAR CROSS-COUNTRY EVENTS. ID X.

Tour de France

4)

THE 2 PEOPLE ARE AIR ASIA OWNER TONYFERNANDES AND VIRGIN GROUP OWNER RICHARD BRANSON(DRESSED AS AIRHOSTESS).HE WAS DRESSED LIKE THIS BECAUSE ACCORDING TO A BET , WHOEVER'S F1 TEAM FINISHED BELOW IN THE CONSTRUCTOR'S STANDINGS SHOULD ACT AS AIRHOSTESS TO THE WINNER'S AIRLINES FOR A TRIP.

5)"X" IS A ENGLISH MOVIE BASED ON THE STORY OF BHAGVAD GITA, WHERE A MAN IN TROUBLE IS ADVISED BY A PERSON AND HE COMES UP AGAIN IN LIFE.THE CAST INCLUDES WILL SMITH, MATT DAMON AND CHARLIZE THERON. ID THE MOVIE.

6) IN A RARE COINCIDENCE, WHICH MAN HAS BEEN A PRIME MINISTER AND HAS ALSO PLAYED FIRST-CLASSCRICKET IN HIS COUNTRY?

SIR ALEC-DOUGLAS HOME, WHO SERVED AS PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND FROM 1963-64.HE ALSO PLAYED FIRST-CLASS CRICKET FOR MIDDLESEX UNDER THE NAME LORD DUNGLASS.

7) THIS INDIAN CRICKETER HAS PLAYED 102 ODI’S AND 35 T20I’S.HE MADE HIS ODI DEBUT AGAINST IRELAND AND MADE HIS T20I DEBUT AGAINST ENGLAND.BUT HE HASN’T PLAYED A SINGLE TEST.IDENTIFY THIS

CRICKETER.

8) Quvenzhané Wallis

She is the youngest person to get nominated for best actress awards. She is known for her leading role as Hushpuppy in the critically acclaimed drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

9) WHICH LOCAL TAMIL WORD WAS FORMED FROM EAST INDIA COMPANY MARKING OFFICIAL POSTAGES FREE OF COST AS ‘ON COMPANY SERVICE’?

THE WORD IS OC.IT WAS THE SHORT FORM

OF ‘ON COMPANY’.

10)

Joby Mathews

He has one 3 gold medal and a silver medal in the international dwarf games 2013,U.S.A.

11) connect

LEAGUE OF EXTRODINARY GENTLEMEN.

12) X was established on 24 June 1998 as a partnership between Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, and Psion to exploit the convergence between PDAs and mobile phones.

X was then bought completely by Nokia on 24 June 2008.

13) X was founded in 1996 by American web entrepreneurs Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat.The company's name was chosen in homage to the Library of Alexandria, drawing a parallel between the largest repository of knowledge in the ancient world and the potential of the Internet to become a similar store of knowledge.

Alexa internet.Inc

14) This is the snapshot of a very famous ad campaign, telling us about one of the most famous Indian, in the world of computing. Who am I talking about and why is he is so famous??

Ajay BhattAjay V. Bhatt is an Indian-American computer architect

who helped define and develop several widely used technologies, including USB (Universal Serial Bus), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), PCI Express, Platform Power management architecture and various chipset improvements.

Ajay Bhatt rose to global celebrity as the co-inventor of USB through an Intel 2009 TV advertisement, where he was portrayed by actor Sunil Narka.

15) ELAEOCARPUS ganitrus is the botanical name for this plant which is a genus of tropical and subtropical evergreen trees and shrubs. The approximately 350 species are distributed from Madagascar in the west through India,Southeast Asia, Malaysia, southern China, and Japan, through Australia to New Zealand,Fiji, and Hawaii in the east. The islands of Borneo and New Guinea have the greatest concentration of species. These trees are well-known for their attractive, pearl-like fruit which are often colorful.This plant is used for a very spiritual reason in India.

Rudhraksham

THANK YOU HOPE YOU ENJOYED SEE YOU AT THE FINALS!!!!!!!!!!